Please help! My mother has offered to get us a middle range coffee machine for our wedding gift, but I have no idea where to start! I have gone through the main department stores and talked to the sales people and then looked up reviews to find conflicting information and have trawled the Internet to no avail. I just have no idea where to start!
Basically I am looking for a middle range machine that will last a few years and produces quality rather than quantity. I am not concerned about features (as in electronic lights and buttons) and would like something I can learn with. Somethign that is not too automatic so it will force me to learn.
From reading these forums, it appears that Breville and Sunbeam produce some good units as the mainstay of department stores, however Sylvia pops up quite frequently as well.
Can anyone help me get started along the path of finding a coffee machine before I grow old trying to learn about everything?
All I do know is that my search for good coffee in cafes has yielded average results. I am generally not satisfied and I suspect I can do a pretty good job myself with the right knowledge and equipment and coffee. Its the taste I am concerned with rather than the caffeine content.
Any ideas?
Basically I am looking for a middle range machine that will last a few years and produces quality rather than quantity. I am not concerned about features (as in electronic lights and buttons) and would like something I can learn with. Somethign that is not too automatic so it will force me to learn.
From reading these forums, it appears that Breville and Sunbeam produce some good units as the mainstay of department stores, however Sylvia pops up quite frequently as well.
Can anyone help me get started along the path of finding a coffee machine before I grow old trying to learn about everything?
All I do know is that my search for good coffee in cafes has yielded average results. I am generally not satisfied and I suspect I can do a pretty good job myself with the right knowledge and equipment and coffee. Its the taste I am concerned with rather than the caffeine content.
Any ideas?

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), plus an aeropress or plunger.
-- btw, did I miss the bit where you mentioned the budget?) and get the rest of the clan to chip in for the grinder. Hope youve got a large clan ;D
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